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Thesis Proposal How to Prepare A guide for MPhil and PhD students

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The MPhil by Thesis is for students whose knowledge of linguistics is already substantial, and who already know the area which they wish to research for their thesis. It allows students to carry out focussed research on a specific topic in a way that foreshadows a potential PhD. To be eligible for consideration for the MPhil by Thesis, a student will need:

• a broad foundation in linguistics, with depth in at least some subfields
• a clear idea of the area in which the thesis will be written.

Students taking the MPhil by Thesis will follow some elements of the MPhil by Advanced Study as agreed with their supervisor, but formal assessment is by a 30,000 word thesis alone, submitted in early June. Progress will be monitored through the year by work submitted according to a schedule specified by TAL.

It is important that you only apply to a course in our section if your interests are properly represented by the research interests of our staff. Applicants may find it useful to look at the following lists of people to find out more about potential supervisors in their fields of interest:

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Please direct any enquiries regarding entry requirements and academic matters to the Postgraduate Secretary i n the MMLL Postgraduate Office, and any general admissions enquiries.  Applicants should apply online through the central  Postgraduate Admissions Office . 

Our English language requirements are absolute . Note that this course starts in October and submission falls in early June, and as a result it is quite intensive. Therefore there is no time or provision for improving one’s proficiency in English. We only accept candidates whose command of English meets the language test requirement in order to ensure that students can follow advanced lectures, often using specialist terminology, and formulate well-expressed, sophisticated arguments in their written work. The language test requirements stated in the eligibility criteria are the absolute minimum and are not negotiable. They must be met in full before admission to the course.

Michaelmas term

All students are required to follow a course in research methods and a statistics course to acquire skills needed for research and 'transferable' skills. Beyond that, each student will follow his or her own 'training plan', which allows the individual interests, needs, and strengths of the student to be met. At the start of the course the student draws up a Training Plan for the Michaelmas and Lent Terms (October to March), with advice (if needed) from the Course Director of the MPhil and subject specialists.

In the Lent Term students research forums, which might be PhD seminars, MPhil seminars, or other appropriate research seminars and courses in Linguistics or elsewhere in the university, as agreed with their supervisor.  

A proposed title and summary for the 30,000 word thesis, formulated in discussion with the supervisor, must be submitted in mid-February, and this will be subject to approval by the Linguistics Section, the supervisor, and the Faculty's Degree Committee. The thesis demands independent study under the guidance of the supervisor and will involve a substantial piece of original research. 

Easter Term

The thesis is submitted in early June, and about two to three weeks later there is an oral examination (viva) on the thesis.

The examination process is very similar to that of the PhD, and consists of two parts: scrutiny of the thesis by one internal and one external examiner, and a viva involving both examiners and the candidate. Some candidates may be asked to carry out corrections to their thesis which may mean graduating in October rather than in July.

Supervisions

Students following the MPhil by Thesis   will   normally have discussed their proposed research in advance with a staff member specialising in the relevant subject area, and this person or an equivalent will be appointed as supervisor throughout the year. It is expected that a student will be capable of largely independent work. For equity, there are norms for the amount of supervision each student can expect to receive.  Seven hours of supervision throughout the course is provided.  The University of Cambridge publishes an annual  Code of Practice  which sets out the University’s expectations regarding supervision.  

Students receive the overall outcome of pass/fail.   No mark is awarded for the MPhil By Thesis.

Part-time students

It is also possible to take a part-time route for the MPhil By Thesis course, and the expected timeframe would be 21 months, with a thesis submission date of early June in the second academic year of study.

Students taking the course over the period of two academic years will be required to attend the General Seminar and the Research Methods seminar (including statistics) in their first year. At least one of the two subject-specific Lent Term courses should also be attended in the first year. Monitoring can take place over the period of two years, except for the detailed plan of research which is to be submitted by Thursday of week 3 of Lent Term of the first year. Assessment will take place in the second year. 

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MPhil students are required to submit two essays and a dissertation. Each of them must be on a topic approved by the Degree Committee that falls within one of the specified subject areas . The essays should be on topics from two different subject areas.

You are encouraged to explore a range of different topics, balancing them so that they are both relevant to your interests and also span the subject of History and Philosophy of Science and Medicine.

You are permitted to write your dissertation in the same general area as one of your essays, but the dissertation and essay must address different questions, and the dissertation must show evidence of a substantial new research effort. Any use of the essay in the dissertation has to be appropriately referenced, just like any other primary or secondary source, as if the essay were written by a different person.

Similarly, if an essay or dissertation builds on previously examined, graded or published work it is essential that this is clearly identified in the text and is appropriately referenced, as if it were written by a different person. The assessors should be in no doubt as to what work you have completed in your current degree course and it is this that will be assessed.

Finding a supervisor

The Department publishes a list of members of the Department and associates who are willing to supervise MPhil essays and dissertations, together with the topics on which they are prepared to supervise. You are not permitted to work with the same supervisor for more than two pieces of coursework.

Dissertation and essay supervisors

Your supervisors will see you on a very regular basis, but it is up to you to schedule those meetings according to your needs. As a rule of thumb, you can expect the following supervisions:

• 3 for each essay;
• 4 for the dissertation.

If you would like to work with an external supervisor – someone who is not a member of the Department – you must obtain permission from the MPhil Manager.

Topic forms

Online topic forms for the essays and dissertation will be available on Moodle .

You should complete each form by stating the topic of the essay or dissertation, selecting one of the ten subject areas , and entering the name of your supervisor.

The deadline for completing each form is shown on key dates and deadlines .

Changing the topic, subject area or supervisor

Once the Degree Committee has approved the topic, subject area and supervisor for an essay or dissertation, you must apply for permission if you want to change any of them. Permission is not automatically granted. See key dates and deadlines for the last dates for changing topics.

To change the topic, subject area or supervisor, you should complete the request form . The request must be approved by the MPhil Manager.

The University and the Department of History and Philosophy of Science take plagiarism very seriously. Please read our advice about what plagiarism is and how to avoid it.

Plagiarism guidelines

The Department uses the text-matching software Turnitin UK to blanket screen all student work submitted in Moodle.

Use of Turnitin UK

Referencing

For guidance about using correct and consistent referencing, see this page:

Human participants

If you are planning to collect data from human participants, or use data collected from human participants, you will need to plan well in advance to ensure that you have obtained ethical approval before starting work on your project and have given consideration to how you are going to handle the information you collect.

Working with human participants: ethical approval and data protection

Examined work should be uploaded to the 'HPS MPhil Coursework' site on Moodle before 12noon on the day of the deadline. Paper copies are not required.

Please note:

• The work should have numbered pages, footnotes and a bibliography.
• You cannot upload more than one file for each submission.
• The following file formats are accepted: DOC, DOCX, PDF, RTF.

The essays and dissertation will be marked anonymously, so it is important that your name does not appear anywhere on them.

Please give the following information on the first page:

• Subject area (the same as the one you selected on your topic form)

You are advised to check your email the day after you have submitted to ensure there are no queries about your work.

The Senior Examiner will advise the Examiners' Meeting of any late submissions and, unless there are exceptional circumstances, this will normally entail the cumulative loss of marks for each day's lateness beyond the published deadline: i.e. within one day, one mark will be deducted; within two days, two additional marks will be deducted (making three marks in total); within three days, an additional three marks will be deducted (making six marks in total), etc. Given that problems can and do occur (such as computers crashing), students are advised that their work should be ready almost a week in advance of the formal deadline.

Please note that the Department will retain a copy of your dissertation and essays and may make them available to future students unless you make a written request to the contrary to the Departmental Administrator.

All requests for an extension to the submission date for coursework must have a good reason and must be supported by a College Tutor and Course Manager. You are advised to discuss potential extension requests with the Course Manager before submitting a formal application.

Where an extension is granted, the deadline is 12noon on the new date.

For an extension of up to seven days the student should complete the coursework extension self-certification form .

For an extension longer than seven days the student should download and complete the extension form . The form must then be signed by the College Tutor and the Course Manager.

Students are reminded that extensions are not cost free : they reduce the amount of time you can devote to subsequent pieces of work, limit opportunities for you to receive feedback and participate in other aspects of the course, and may delay the approval of your degree. A granted extension does not mean that your supervisor will be available beyond term time.

The word limit is:

• 5,000 words for Essay 1
• 8,000 words for Essay 2
• 12,000 words for the Dissertation

This includes footnotes but excludes the bibliography and prefatory matter.

Figures may be included in the work and should contribute to the argument. They should be captioned only so as to specify the source; such captions are excluded from the word count. Formulae may be used where appropriate and are also excluded from the word count.

The word limit is strictly enforced. Each piece of work will be inspected to ensure that the word limit has been respected. If work is over the limit, the candidate will be asked to revise the work so that it does conform to the word limit. Given that the inspection will take place at the time of the deadline, the rule governing penalties for late submission will be applied (i.e. if the revised work is submitted within one day, one mark will be deducted; within two days, two marks will be deducted, etc).

The Department uses Microsoft Word to check word counts. If you use coding software, such as LaTeX, you should be aware that this software may give a different word count. You may find it helpful to use TeXcount , an online tool that analyses LaTeX code to provide an accurate count of words, formulae, captions and footnotes. If using software other than Microsoft Word you should submit a screenshot to demonstrate the word count from the software used.

Policy on data, editions, translations and bibliographies

An essay or dissertation should be self-contained, including or citing all information needed for an examiner to follow its argument.

The word limit normally includes text and footnotes but not the bibliography. However, in certain cases permission may be obtained for materials relevant to the argument of the essay or dissertation to be submitted for the information of the examiners in the form of an appendix, with such materials excluded from the word count. Materials falling into this category may include primary source materials (texts and images) that are not readily accessible, transcriptions, translations, questionnaire responses, statistical tables, formal proofs, technical descriptions of objects, analytical bibliographies and other data produced by the candidate that they wish to make accessible.

Conversely, material contributing to the word count should normally consist of the candidate's own discussion and analysis of such materials. Exceptionally, when a critical edition or translation, a formal proof, an analytical bibliography, or a technical description of objects and their provenances is based on substantial original scholarship and cannot be easily separated from the argument of an essay or dissertation, permission may be obtained for it to be included within the body of the essay or dissertation, hence contributing to the word count. No more than one third of an essay or dissertation should consist of such material.

Applications for such permissions should be sought, in consultation with the supervisor, from the Senior Examiner via the MPhil Managers.

Feedback to MPhil students

During the course of their studies, students receive feedback in person from their supervisors, and from the Course Manager, as well as from termly online supervision reports. Essay 1 is examined prior to the end of the Michaelmas Term in order to provide students with early feedback on their performance so they can gauge the level of achievement which the course requires, and so they have reliable pointers as to future applications for the PhD, whose deadlines are often early in the academic year. Essay 2 is examined at the start of Easter Term, and feedback is given on this shortly afterwards together with a provisional overall mark for the essay component of the course.

After each Board of Examiners meeting, the MPhil Managers meet with students, report the provisional agreed class and provide copies of the non-confidential parts of the reports. At these meetings the work is discussed and assessors' remarks are put in context for future work. Students may contact their supervisor after this meeting if they want to discuss the reports in more detail.

Marks are subject to moderation up until the final Board of Examiners meeting, and require approval by the Degree Committee in late June. At the end of the course a transcript with details of individual marks will be available on CamSIS.

Feedback on the overall performance of each year is provided by Senior and External Examiners' Reports which are submitted at the end of the year. Students may find it useful to see examiners' comments on the previous year's work, particularly mark distributions and recommendations.

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Today's Paper | May 21, 2024

Uhs abolishes mphil, master’s theses evaluation by foreign experts.

LAHORE: Taking a major step, the University of Health Sciences (UHS) has revised the more than a decade-old MBBS curriculum, proposing clinical training to be given to the students at the medical college from their first day.

It has decided to do away with the condition of the evaluation of MPhil and master’s degree programmes by foreign evaluators.

The new modular and integrated curriculum will come into effect at medical colleges across Punjab from March 1 with the main objective to produce world-class doctors.

A joint meeting of the UHS Academic Council and the Board of Studies Medicine approved the new modular curriculum on Friday.

Revises old MBBS curriculum, includes clinical training from the start

Presided over by Vice Chancellor Professor Dr Ahsan Waheed Rathore, the meeting was attended by the heads and senior faculty of all the affiliated medical colleges of Punjab besides UHS Registrar Professor Nadia Naseem and Controller of Examinations Professor Saqib Mehmood.

The new curriculum consists of 44 modules and 5,500 hours during the five years programme. Additionally, 500 hours are reserved for self-directed study. In assessments, 80pc weightage will be given to the university professional exams and 20pc to the internal evaluation of performance by the respective colleges.

Professionalism, ethics, research, leadership, and information technology are prominent features of the new curriculum. The disciplines of Family Medicine, Public Health, and Minimum Service Delivery Standards (MSDS) set by the Punjab Healthcare Commission have been incorporated in the new syllabus.

UHS Director Medical Education Dr Khalid Rahim gave a briefing to the members on the new curriculum.

Prof Rathore said the faculty of the colleges would be trained to teach the new syllabus and for this purpose, workshops would be organised for the faculty at 12 centres from Feb 27.

The UHS VC said the university was committed to keeping pace with the global trends in medical education.

“Our undergraduate modular integrated curriculum ensures knowledge gain with relevance to its clinical application,” he said and added that the new curriculum safeguarded early clinical exposure with broad-based skill acquisition.

Prof Rathore said it had promised a yield of doctors who would be equipped with competencies to cope with professional challenges locally and globally.

On this occasion, the members of both statutory bodies congratulated the university on taking the long-awaited initiative.

In the meeting, it was also approved to do away with the condition of evaluation of the theses by a foreign examiner in MPhil and other master’s degree programmes, including MS, MD, and MDS. It was decided to adopt the policy of the Higher Education Commission (HEC) for the PhD thesis evaluation. In this regard, the members were informed that the university regulations prescribed the requirement of evaluation of research theses for foreign evaluators, in addition to the local examiners. However, the HEC rules and regulations did not impose such a condition for a master’s degree.

It was told that the prescription, intended for the improvement of the quality of research, had resulted in certain problems, including the identification of foreign evaluators, especially in clinical research disciplines, availability of researchers from the developed world for the evaluation of master’s theses, delays in theses evaluation process and transfer of remuneration of foreign evaluators in the light of recent stringent regulatory restrictions.

In addition to the delay, evaluation from foreign examiners put a major financial burden on UHS as 200USD was being paid for the evaluation of each master’s degree thesis. Hence, it was proposed to amend regulations to the extent of waiving off the requirement of thesis evaluation by foreign evaluators in MPhil and other master’s degree programmes. It was also agreed upon by the members that the university should offer postgraduate programmes in medical disciplines only.

Prof Rathore said that no programmes in the non-medical field would be offered from the current academic session and the basic qualification for admission to the university postgraduate courses would be MBBS or BDS.

Additionally, all such BS programmes as had no career prospects for the students would also be abolished. The meeting also approved the recentralization of practical examinations in MBBS and BDS.

UHS VC informed that many reforms had been made in the examination system and the senior faculty was given the responsibility of monitoring the exams. He directed the principals of colleges to visit centres during examinations.

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At least two months before you intend to submit your thesis you need to inform the Degree Committee of your proposed title, expected submission date and provide a short summary. Your submission date should be on or before your submission deadline . You will also have the opportunity to state your preference for an in-person viva (default) or viva by video conference at this stage.The intention to submit form initiates the Examiner appointment process and will open the submission portal to you, so it is very important that you remember to do this.

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LAHORE: The University of Health Sciences (UHS) marked a significant step towards enhancing its postgraduate offerings with the approval of new regulations and an academic calendar for MPhil and PhD programs . The decision was made during the 192nd meeting of the Advanced Studies and Research Board (ASRB), chaired by the esteemed Vice-Chancellor, Prof Ahsan Waheed Rathore.

Under the updated statutes, both MPhil and PhD degrees will witness a streamlined completion period. The MPhil program will span two years, while the PhD program will extend over three years, with both programs structured around a semester-based system. This new approach aims to provide students with a comprehensive and focused academic experience.

Prospective candidates aspiring to enroll in the MPhil and PhD programs will now see admissions being advertised annually in mid-September. The admission process will be followed by an entrance test for MPhil candidates during the first week of October and for PhD candidates in the last week of the same month. Classes for both programs are set to commence in the first week of January, ensuring a seamless transition into the academic year.

In a decisive move to emphasize quality and practicality, UHS has determined that both MPhil and PhD programs will adopt a research-intensive and skill-based curriculum. The objective of these programs is twofold: to nurture adept researchers and to cultivate competent educators. To ensure the applicability of research, a strong emphasis will be placed on applied research across both programs .

Moreover, UHS aims to expedite academic progression by setting forth the completion of MPhil and PhD programs within the shortest feasible duration. A notable feature of these programs will be the inclusion of mandatory teaching components for students during their final semester. This teaching experience will be regularly evaluated, contributing to the holistic development of future researchers and educators.

For admission into the MPhil program, candidates will now be required to possess two years of relevant prior experience. In the Master's program, students will embark on their research journey by deciding their research topic in the first semester, followed by the submission of their research synopsis in the subsequent semester.

Compliance with a minimum attendance rate of 80% will be obligatory for MPhil and PhD candidates to be eligible to appear for their respective exams. UHS assures that these academic reforms are in alignment with the guidelines stipulated by the Higher Education Commission.

The ASRB meeting witnessed the presence of esteemed academic figures including Pro Vice-Chancellor Prof Nadia Naseem, Acting Registrar Prof Sara Ghafoor, Controller of Examinations Dr Uruj Zehra, and senior faculty members. The board's agenda also encompassed a review of post-graduate student thesis reports and the approval of research synopses from various academic disciplines.